The
Lechitic languages include three languages spoken in
Central Europe, mainly in
Poland, and historically also in
Brandenburg,
Mecklenburg, and
Vorpommern, in the north-eastern region of modern
Germany. This language group is a branch of the larger
West Slavic language family. The Lechitic group includes
The characteristics of Lechitic languages are
The term Lechitic derives from the old alternative name *lechy (see Lechia) for the Lechitic peoples (in contrast to *cechy for the Czechs).
Slavic people using those languages were known as Lechites.
